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You can buy grey market keys off ebay, but that's the only way you're getting a $10 license.
by dx87 6y ago
You can buy grey market keys off ebay, but that's the only way you're getting a $10 license.
- goldcd 6y agoJust that - Win 10 Pro keys are dirt cheap from many online key sellers - and just work. I suspect that and OEM sales are how 99% of windows licenses are now sold - unless you know of people who buy them in a box from a store. Was a little bit 'worrisome' before that MS might clamp down - but the last decade of 'free updates' and 'Win 10 will just evolve' indicates their thinking. Windows is near-as-damnit a free platform (which MS can then use as upsell from)
- viraptor 6y agoAnd now that you can just install windows 10 pro and click "nah, I'll give you the license code later", many people won't even bother. As far as I can tell, the message in the corner is the only issue without activation.
- bitwize 6y agoWindows 10 is pretty much shareware at this point. You can download the full version for $0, just with features knocked out until you pay to "register".
- wpdev_63 6y agoThose are volume licenses that are given to microsoft partners for mass deployment. At some point those keys can/will be revoked when they reach a certain number of activations.
- clams 6y agoIf the 4 dollars I spent on ebay lasts a couple of years (it already has) its easily worth it. I really don't want to spend 200$ on a pro license.